[Prudence]

Stupid bureaucratic rules! Some former co-workers were laid off when their funding ended. One in particular has been sending out gobs of applications and taking advantage of every re-training available to her and has had several interviews but no offers yet. So they're not sitting on their butts just accepting welfare without making any effort themselves. Now the state is denying them unemployment over the summer because the university is a "school" and school employees don't normally work over the summer so they're not eligible. WTF? Apparently no matter what your former function was, even if it was supporting year-round research programs, because the university is a "school" no former employees can get unemployment over the summer.

Of course, if you were to actually take the summer off you'd lose your benefits because staff and many faculty have 12-month appointments, and therefore you're required to work year-round; 9-month appointees can take the summer off and continue their benefits uninterrupted. But now that they want unemployment they work for a 9-month employer.